Dare To Dream

Dare To Dream What is the American dream? Is it liberty, life, and the pursuit of happiness, or is it merely about how much money can be acquired throughout a person's existence? A RAISIN IN THE SUN depicts the power of an African-American family in the 1950's who managed to stay united through the most trying of times. Surviving as an African-American in the 1950's was a feat in itself. Lorraine Hansberry did not sugar …

…an advocate for black American rights. A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1959) was the first drama by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. "When Hansberry was a college student she had written: "We want to see film about people who live and work like everybody else, but who currently must battle fierce oppression to do so." ( ) The wonderful thing about that quote is the actuality that later on in life she did just that.